GRE Word List

MALADROIT

lacking adroitness : inept

The meaning of the word maladroit is lacking adroitness : inept.

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subsideto sink or fall to the bottom : settle
martialof, relating to, or suited for war or a warrior
lividdiscolored by bruising : black-and-blue
unceremoniousnot ceremonious : informal
doctrinea principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma
revertto come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject)
celestialof, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity
desperadoa bold or violent criminal
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
negateto deny the existence or truth of